Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer - I finally get it!

[Analog]

From Fox News:

The formal Vatican tradition goes like this:

When a pope dies, the prefect of the papal household, currently American Archbishop James Harvey, tells the camerlengo, or chamberlain, who is the most important official running the Holy See in the period between the death of a pope and the election of a new one.

The camerlengo, now Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo of Spain, must then verify the death ? a process which in the past was done by striking the forehead of the pope with a silver hammer. The camerlengo then calls out to the pope three times by his baptismal name ? Karol, Karol, Karol. When the pope does not respond, the camerlengo then announces "the pope is dead."

The camerlengo uses the silver hammer to smash the pope's ring ? the papal seal or "ring of the fisherman" ? to preclude forgery of official documents.



Beatles:

Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon his head.
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead.


now who the hell is Max?

 

[SaigonK]

Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Lennon/McCartney)

Song background
John has stated that Paul's song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" applies to "the law of karma," which basiclly states that as soon as a person does something that's not good or right, they get punished.

 

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[Ikonomi]

The camerlengo uses the silver hammer to smash the pope's ring ? the papal seal or "ring of the fisherman" ? to preclude forgery of official documents.

That is so cool... Smashing a ring with a hammer.

 

[Whitecloak]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

The camerlengo uses the silver hammer to smash the pope's ring ? the papal seal or "ring of the fisherman" ? to preclude forgery of official documents.

That is so cool... Smashing a ring with a hammer.

shouldnt it be thrown into Mt Doom?